Fireside Dining at Deer Valley Resort
Eat In, Ski Out Five Distinctive Winter Dining Destinations By Ted Scheffler
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f, like me, you’ve been mostly cooped up during the pandemic and not venturing out very much, maybe now is the time to do so. I’m ready to get back in gear and explore some of the more unique winter dining destinations at our local resorts — options ranging from Mongolian yurt dining to a raw bar ensconced in a cabin. Here are five can’t-miss picks for distinctive Utah winter resort dining. Solitude Mountain Resort offers one of Utah’s most unique dining opportunities with their Mongolian-style yurt. Hungry guests kick off an evening at the Solitude Mountain Resort Yurt with a not-too-strenuous guided tour — hiking or snowshoeing — through a moonlit (or lantern- and headlamp-lit) forest. The resort provides guests with snowshoes, which are included in the price of the meal. Once you arrive at the cozy yurt
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which seats 26 people, you’ll warm up and enjoy your favorite libations along with a delicious five-course dinner prepared tableside by Solitude’s talented chefs. The communal Solitude Yurt dining experience is a wonderful opportunity to gather with old friends and to make new ones. One of my very favorite dining destinations during ski season is Deer Valley Resort’s Fireside Dining, where dinner courses are cooked and served from a quartet of large stone fireplaces at rustic Empire Canyon Lodge. A busy lunch spot by day, in the evening Empire Canyon Lodge morphs into a European Alps style dining experience with a huge array of rustic foods. I can’t get enough of the gooey Raclette cheese melted over the fire, but I also love the selection of cured meats and cheeses, roasted leg of lamb, veal and wild mushroom stew, and so
